How to build a clock with visual aids and a video.
How to make a gear wall clock.
I m not sure i have enough patience to cut out one wooden gear let alone the multitude required to construct a fully functional clock.
How we test gear.
This would give you a clock that you only had to rewind once a week or so.
Enabling you to make a beautiful wooden clock that will be both an heirloom and a conversation piece.
The most popular plans are clayton boyer clocks.
A hand made wooden clock is one of those projects i like to marvel at.
As discussed in how gear ratios work you can create a high ratio gear train that causes the drum to make perhaps one turn every six to 12 hours.
Building a clock from scratch is complicated and mesmerizing.
This article is about making a wooden gear clock from a plan purchased online.
It will make one rotation every 60 seconds.
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Many pendulum clocks have the escape gear on the second hand axle.
As the pendulum swings back and forth it rotates the escape lever in and out of the escape gear.
The gear ratio between the weight drum and the escapement gear might be something like 500 1 as shown in the diagram below.
That is what we are going to do.
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Thankfully my buddy rick urschel is not nearly as impatient as i am.